TY - JOUR A1 - Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus A1 - Baeten, Lander A1 - Craven, Dylan A1 - De Frenne, Pieter A1 - Hedl, Radim A1 - Lenoir, Jonathan A1 - Bert, Didier A1 - Brunet, Jorg A1 - Chudomelova, Marketa A1 - Decocq, Guillaume A1 - Dierschke, Hartmut A1 - Dirnboeck, Thomas A1 - Dörfler, Inken A1 - Heinken, Thilo A1 - Hermy, Martin A1 - Hommel, Patrick A1 - Jaroszewicz, Bogdan A1 - Keczynski, Andrzej A1 - Kelly, Daniel L. A1 - Kirby, Keith J. A1 - Kopecky, Martin A1 - Macek, Martin A1 - Malis, Frantisek A1 - Mirtl, Michael A1 - Mitchell, Fraser J. G. A1 - Naaf, Tobias A1 - Newman, Miles A1 - Peterken, George A1 - Petrik, Petr A1 - Schmidt, Wolfgang A1 - Standovar, Tibor A1 - Toth, Zoltan A1 - Van Calster, Hans A1 - Verstraeten, Gorik A1 - Vladovic, Jozef A1 - Vild, Ondrej A1 - Wulf, Monika A1 - Verheyen, Kris T1 - Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales JF - Global change biology N2 - Global biodiversity is affected by numerous environmental drivers. Yet, the extent to which global environmental changes contribute to changes in local diversity is poorly understood. We investigated biodiversity changes in a meta-analysis of 39 resurvey studies in European temperate forests (3988 vegetation records in total, 17-75years between the two surveys) by assessing the importance of (i) coarse-resolution (i.e., among sites) vs. fine-resolution (i.e., within sites) environmental differences and (ii) changing environmental conditions between surveys. Our results clarify the mechanisms underlying the direction and magnitude of local-scale biodiversity changes. While not detecting any net local diversity loss, we observed considerable among-site variation, partly explained by temporal changes in light availability (a local driver) and density of large herbivores (a regional driver). Furthermore, strong evidence was found that presurvey levels of nitrogen deposition determined subsequent diversity changes. We conclude that models forecasting future biodiversity changes should consider coarse-resolution environmental changes, account for differences in baseline environmental conditions and for local changes in fine-resolution environmental conditions. KW - atmospheric nitrogen deposition KW - evenness KW - forestREplot KW - forest management KW - game browsing KW - Shannon diversity KW - spatiotemporal resurvey data KW - species richness Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12993 SN - 1354-1013 SN - 1365-2486 VL - 21 IS - 10 SP - 3726 EP - 3737 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Guerrero-Ramirez, Nathaly Rokssana A1 - Craven, Dylan A1 - Reich, Peter B. A1 - Ewel, John J. A1 - Isbell, Forest A1 - Koricheva, Julia A1 - Parrotta, John A. A1 - Auge, Harald A1 - Erickson, Heather E. A1 - Forrester, David I. A1 - Hector, Andy A1 - Joshi, Jasmin Radha A1 - Montagnini, Florencia A1 - Palmborg, Cecilia A1 - Piotto, Daniel A1 - Potvin, Catherine A1 - Roscher, Christiane A1 - van Ruijven, Jasper A1 - Tilman, David A1 - Wilsey, Brian A1 - Eisenhauer, Nico T1 - Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems JF - Nature ecology & evolution N2 - The effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning generally increase over time, but the underlying processes remain unclear. Using 26 long-term grassland and forest experimental ecosystems, we demonstrate that biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships strengthen mainly by greater increases in functioning in high-diversity communities in grasslands and forests. In grasslands, biodiversity effects also strengthen due to decreases in functioning in low-diversity communities. Contrasting trends across grasslands are associated with differences in soil characteristics. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0325-1 SN - 2397-334X VL - 1 IS - 11 SP - 1639 EP - 1642 PB - Nature Publ. Group CY - London ER -